On Memorial Day we remember all those who have suffered, sacrificed and died while serving in our country’s armed forces. But time and again, American political leaders, supported by much of the media, have sent young people to their deaths, and have ruined the lives of many more, in foreign wars that were promoted and justified on the basis of deceit and lies. All too often, Americans have been sent to unnecessary military campaigns. A good example is the Iraq war. The US invasion of that country in 2003, and the occupation that followed, has cost more than four thousand American lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, and has brought death to many tens of thousands of Iraqis. Whatever the secondary reasons for the war, the crucial factor in the decision to attack was to help Israel.